Chapter 129: The Kiln Gang is Attacked

The disappearance of Tian Fang was a great blow to Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin, and this Tian Fang was one of the only eighteen cavalry to break out of the siege when Li Zicheng's army defeated Tongguan. In order to avenge Tian Fang and eliminate the potential threat of Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin made great efforts to organize an elite cavalry team of more than 2,000 people for special training. Each person is equipped with two rides.

In the past, because there was no shortage of soldiers, Li Zicheng rarely organized any elite troops to fight, because there was no shortage of soldiers. However, due to the lack of supplies, it is very rare for a single man to ride a soldier. This time, General Zuo Liu Zongmin made a bloody investment.

Later, after Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo learned about this, he asked Li Zicheng to fight, saying that he would personally lead this team of men and horses to level the kiln, capture Zhang Zhimu alive, and avenge Uncle Tian Fang.

This Li Guo is Li Zicheng's own nephew, who rebelled with Li Zicheng at a very young age, and has made many miraculous achievements in a hundred battles. Of course, he is a very good candidate to lead the troops to attack, but Li Zicheng also knows that this attack is very dangerous, and if he can't get it right, it will be the second Tian Fang. Therefore, Li Zicheng did not agree at first.

But since then, I have not been able to find a more suitable candidate. Li Zicheng discussed with Liu Zongmin and Song Xiance, and if it really doesn't work, let Li pass. Because although the number of people in this operation is small, its effect is too great, and if you don't get rid of this Zhang Zhimu now, it will become a big trouble in the future.

Liu Zongmin resolutely opposed Li Guo leading the team to attack, because this is Li Zicheng's own nephew, and he has a very good relationship with Liu Zongmin, and the two of them are very angry. When Li Zicheng's eyes turned to Song Xiance, Song Xiance casually started a hexagram, which was called the 36 hexagrams in the 64 hexagrams, "Mingyi Hexagram".

This military advisor Song Xiance is also known as Song Kangnian. A native of Yongcheng, Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty. He studied hard, was knowledgeable, especially proficient in "magic", made a living as a "warlock", traveled all over the world for a long time, and divined good fortune and evil fortune for people. In April of the fourteenth year of Chongjiao (1641), Song Xiance was recommended by Baofeng to raise people Niu Jinxing to Li Zicheng's army. He made suggestions and was extremely intelligent, and was deeply respected by Li Zicheng, and he must first ask for advice on any campaign and battle plan. Once, Song Xiance said to Li Zicheng: "Flowing into the dry of the Shunhe River, trapped in the eighteen beaches, if you want to go to the clouds, start from Yanmen Pass." When the general began the uprising, he immediately proclaimed himself king and named the country Chuang, which has verified this statement. Now according to the phrase 'from Yanmen Pass', the general's uprising will start from now on! Li Zicheng was overjoyed when he heard about it and worshipped him as a military advisor. Song Xiance was proficient in Qimen Dunjia and Tu Yu, and Li Zicheng believed in him like a god.

However, Song Xiance was a little embarrassed this time. He knew very well that Li Guo was the best candidate for this operation, and Li Zicheng did not agree to Li in the past for the first time, because this operation was too dangerous, especially with Tian Fang's previous lesson, Li Zicheng was a little unbearable to let his nephew take risks. This time, Li Zicheng agreed that Li Guo was responsible for carrying out this mission, because this operation was too important, and now he could not find a more suitable person than Li Guo, and Li Zicheng had no choice but to do this, he had to focus on the overall situation, which is also what he had to do now. And Liu Zongmin's opposition was entirely because of his will. Now the weight of this balance is here.

Song Xiance is familiar with the Book of Changes and knows the meaning of these 36 hexagrams, the Ming Yi Hexagram. But if Li is not allowed to go over today, then there is no suitable candidate, and Li must be responsible for this matter, but if something goes wrong, he must not take this responsibility.

Song Xiance said: "The thirty-six hexagrams "Ming Yi Hexagram", the earth fire is bright, and the obscurity turns bright. That is, it should be dark at first, and then it will turn to light. In fact, if he objected, he could also read: "Xiang said: When you are unlucky, you can't go, you hurriedly cross the river and tear down the bridge, the benefactor is unrighteous but resentful, and everything is in vain." In this way, Li Zicheng may have made the opposite choice.

Although Li Zicheng didn't understand the I Ching gossip, he also heard Song Xiance's meaning, so Li Zicheng said: "Okay, let's settle today and let Li Guo take on this responsibility." lest he go and trouble me again. ”

Of course, Li Guo was very happy when he heard it. Liu Zongmin came over and said to Li Guo: "Li Guo, don't be careless." The people who can make Uncle Tian Fang suffer a big loss must have unusual abilities, and we still don't know about them. I'm just a little careless, but I pity you Uncle Tian Fang can't see anyone alive or dead. ”

Li Guo has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he is also very smart, he said: "Uncle Liu, don't worry, I will be very careful." When the time comes, I will act when I see the opportunity, our two thousand elite iron horsemen, even if we can't beat them, no one can deal with them, right? ”

Liu Zongmin also nodded and said, "Yes, if you can't do it, you can run away." Just rely on them, to deal with our cavalry in the field, I think they don't know how to do it yet, it's not like they haven't practiced. ”

Their uncle and nephew still don't know that the Mongol cavalry and the Manchu Tie were defeated by Zhang Zhimu, otherwise they would not have had this conversation, and perhaps such an operation would have been canceled.

After Li Guo took over this elite cavalry, he underwent stricter and cruel training. During this time, they also continued to study the situation of the kiln, and in the end their target was Zhang Zhimu himself, otherwise it would not be of much significance. After their intelligence officers discovered that Zhang Zhimu had returned to Yaogang and received the news that many sections of the Yellow River and the Fen River had been frozen, Li Guo immediately dispatched with his men.

After analysis, they have concluded that their intelligence point at Lingshui Pier has been exposed. The reason why the Yaogang people did not move them was because Yaogang wanted to use this intelligence station to understand their movements in this regard, because if someone came to Lingshui Wharf through this intelligence station, it would be exposed. So they also used this intelligence station this time, and all the operations did not pass through this intelligence station, and the men and horses directly crossed the Yellow River and then quietly crossed the Fen River. It should be said that their plan was successful, and their actions really deceived the people of Yaogang.

This Li Guo is also very courageous, after he ambushed the men and horses in a mountain col, he personally took a few people, pretending to be passing merchants, and went to Yaogang. Since all the people who passed by were willing to stop at the kiln, his arrival did not attract the attention of the kiln people. This Li Guo has already aimed at the small building where Zhang Zhimu lives. After going back, he decided to divide his troops into two routes, one straight to Zhang Zhimu's small building, and the other straight to the forage field in Gangbei. The rule is that the attack on Zhang Zhimu's small building will start first, and then the other way will be lit in the hay field, they feel that after the hay field is on fire, it will definitely cause chaos, and then they can take advantage of the chaos to evacuate.

At midnight, they started with the guards of the stables, which were lined up along the river and could not be seen as far as they could see. Yan Boju did not let anyone interfere in the matter of feeding the horses, he personally arranged people, and built a shack every few horse pens, and the people who fed the horses lived in the shacks, because they had to get up at night to feed the horses, so that it was convenient to get up and feed the horses. There were ten people in each shack, and the person in charge of these ten people was also personally selected by Yan Boju. Near each shack, there is also a lot of horse feed.

Li Guo attacked them because their cavalry would be allowed to come along the river, and they were afraid that these horse-feeding men would find out and expose their movements.

On a snowy winter night, the people who were already very tired after feeding the horses had already fallen asleep on the kang in the hut. Li Guo, these battle-hardened elite soldiers, touched into the house to deal with the sleeping people on the kang, and there was no suspense. In this way, the seven or eight shacks on their way were silently touched. When they approached the kiln, they also wrapped the hooves of the horses in the prepared sheepskins, so that there would be no sound of horses' hooves; And he brought chews to the horses, for fear that the horses would bark. When they advanced, they all led their horses forward, and when they arrived at the post of the kiln gang, the soldiers divided into two roads.

The first person in Yaogang to find out that there was a situation was Saihu, he pricked up his ears, and as soon as he heard a sound, he rushed out with a wild scream. Yelled at the post more than once, the cry of the tiger, the angry Li Guo'er was about to explode, and he did a good sneak attack, but he died because of a dog. I had no choice but to storm it. In fact, if Saihu didn't call their sneak attack, it would not have succeeded, because in the snow on the slope of the kiln gang, Li Jing's special forces were sleeping there wrapped in eiderdown quilts. Due to a bit of carelessness, they only found out that someone had arrived when the tiger cried, otherwise they would have been found when they went uphill, and there were sentinels buried in the snow in all corners of the kiln.

The first reaction of these sentries is to call the police, light the fire and then shoot a little slower, after a sentry lights the fire rope, he directly lights a ** and throws it out, and then he picks up the gun.

Li Guo and the people just wanted to rush to the post of the kiln gang, suddenly they found that there was a sparkling thing thrown over, although they didn't know what it was flying over, but they knew that it must not be a good thing, they dodged this guy one after another, they thought it would be okay to dodge it, but they didn't expect this guy to explode suddenly like a cannonball. This explosion not only knocked down three or four people, but more importantly, raised the alarm. With the sound of the explosion, the gunshots of several special forces in ambush also "banged". With the sound of gunfire, the people under the post fell one after another.

The road that Li Guo took was preparing to directly attack Zhang Zhimu's small building. Before the attack, he was still thinking that if the attack was successful, it would be best to catch Zhang Zhimu and return to King Chuang's camp, at that time, he would not only save face for King Chuang but also avenge Tian Fang.

Unexpectedly, his sneak attack was so sneak attacked by others that he was attacked by others, and before he could do anything, his elite soldiers were beaten to several, and the distressed Li Guo was in his heart. This Li Guo is also an outlaw lord, he led people to retreat for a while, organized the people, got on the horses, and prepared to get on the horses and rush to the kiln. Because if you can rush into Zhang Zhimu's small building, there may be a chance to win. Although Li Jing's more than 20 special forces gathered when they heard the explosion, there were still too few people after all. And Li Guo's battle-hardened cavalry was too numerous, so they still used their speed to rush to the kiln.

They are elite soldiers, and Li Jing's special forces are even more elite soldiers among elite soldiers. The special forces are calm and calm in the face of danger. They knew very well that the opponent's target was Zhang Zhimu's small building, although they couldn't defend the kiln gang, that was because the scope of the kiln was too large, and it was difficult to defend it with few people, but they retreated around Zhang Zhimu's small building, and the scope of defense was narrowed, and it was not easy for the opponent to attack. They know better that this ** gunfire has already spread the alarm here, and with the reaction ability of the kiln gang, there will be a lot of people coming over in a while, and they just need to buy some time.

What made their confidence suddenly increase was that Yang Jing grabbed it with a big snatch. Yang Jing entered the courtyard before he began to sort out his clothes and belts. It turned out that when he heard the ** and the sound of gunshots, he quickly got up and put on his clothes randomly, and rushed out with a big gun. But Yang Jing is not a reckless man, he saw too many cavalry rushing to the kiln post, so many cavalry on horseback, he was walking alone, and he must not fight recklessly. When he observed that these people were going to besiege Zhang Zhimu's small building, he picked up a few cavalrymen from behind and rushed into Zhang Zhimu's small courtyard, which was even more chaotic because of his disheveled clothes. So the first thing he did when he entered the hospital was to tidy up his clothes. These Li Jing's special forces are usually familiar with Yang Jing, and they all joked: "Why does Yang Daxia have to untie his clothes when he sees us?" ”

Yang Jing saw that these people could still joke in the encirclement of strong enemies, and he was also full of respect for them.

At this time, there were gunshots and shouts of killing everywhere in the kiln gang, because there were still two hundred soldiers sent by Liu Yun around the kiln gang, and because they were all too scattered, they were all in charge of guarding in important positions everywhere. After discovering that something was wrong, they ran to the place where there was a sound, and when they met Li Guo's cavalry, they began to fight separately, because Li Guo's people were all on horses, after going to the kiln post, they were the target for those musketeers who were familiar with the terrain and hid behind the walls and corners of the house.

At this time, Li Guo was very anxious, but the small courtyard surrounded by the wall around Zhang Zhimu's small building was not large, and no matter how many people there were, these cavalry could not be used. And in close combat, the lethality of *** is too great, and if you charge intensively, a single shot can make several people lose their combat effectiveness. In addition, the place on the top of the kiln is not big, and if there are too many people, the horses are crowded together, which is too dense. The kiln soldiers who may have gathered around also discovered this problem, and began to explode one after another, and several cavalrymen fell off their horses every time they exploded. Li Guo saw that his soldiers could not fall like this again, so he decided to withdraw first, and then he could not stand up to the bombing here.

At this time, a fire broke out on the side of the horse yard.

As soon as they withdrew here, the people on the kiln immediately began to organize. Yan Boju also ran up panting with a waist knife, and Lu Chengxiang also came out with a knife.

Yan Boju ordered the special forces guarding Zhang Zhimu's small building not to move the place, telling them that even if the kiln was burned down, they were not allowed to move the place. Huang Yukun straightened up and went downstairs to come out, she felt that Zhang Zhimu was not there, she should do something, and she couldn't stay upstairs.

Seeing that they couldn't persuade the special forces, they called Yan Boju over. Yan Boju angrily pointed a knife at Huang Yukun and said, "Huang Yukun, you go back for me, otherwise I'm not welcome." As long as you and the child are fine, the kiln will be fine. If something happens to you. We're all going to be finished. ”

There was no way, Huang Yukun had to go back to the house and close the door.

Lu Chengxiang was beside him, so anxious that he stomped his feet and said, "What is this Liu Yun doing to eat, why is it not here yet." The hay field is on fire. ”

Yan Boju said: "Look at your endless chatter, they are not immortals, they can jump over all of a sudden." ”

There was a burst of gunfire on the other side of the forage field, and Yan Boju was so anxious that he pulled out fifty people and ordered them to reinforce the forage field. Yan Boju's words were very simple, "If our forage fields are burned, then we will only be able to eat horse meat this winter." Go for it! ”

Yan Boju arranged the remaining hundreds of people around this Zhang Zhimu building, and he didn't care about anything else, just sent sentries to watch the situation around. At this time, there were constantly kiln workers and newcomers from the mountain who came to the kiln with different weapons. Yan Boju saw it and let out a sigh of relief, he knew that the general trend had been decided, so he handed it over to Yang Jing and Lu Chengxiang. Then he went with two hundred musketeers and five hundred young men to support the forage field.

When Li Guo led the people to rush up the second time, because of the stubborn fire of the muskets, only more than 200 horses rushed to the post, and these kiln workers and the new young men rushed up, and after paying a lot of sacrifices, they did not retreat, and with the cooperation of the musketeers, they quickly repulsed them. But when they retreated, there were only a few dozen horses.

The forage yard of the kiln gang is built in the north of the gang, and we all know that the biggest safety hazard of the forage field is fire, so this forage field, no one who has nothing to do is not allowed to come in, especially the children are absolutely not allowed to enter the forage field to play. The hay yard is surrounded by a high fence made of wooden poles, and the hay stacks in the hay yard are stacked in sections, with a certain interval between each patch. The fear is that one piece is on fire and the other is connected. These are all requirements put forward by Yan Boju based on past experience. This forage field has only one gate, and there is a tower built in the courtyard, on which a musketeer stands guard, and no one is allowed to leave in normal times.

Since the front of the kiln gang called the police first, the cavalry who were preparing to sneak attack the forage field did not sneak attack. Hearing a ** explosion and the subsequent sound of muskets on the side of the kiln, the sentry on the tower vigilantly looked outside the gate of the forage field, and found that a team of people and horses had approached the gate of the forage field, and he hurriedly lit the bullet on the fire rope and fired a "bang". In fact, after Liu Yun returned, he arranged for 50 musketeers to come over as guards in this forage field, and there were many workers in the forage field who distributed forage. At the first sound of the kiln, they had already begun to get dressed. When the gunshots rang out in his yard, the undressed people ran out with guns and sticks. At this time, the gate of the forage field was smashed open, and a burst of muskets came over, hitting dozens of people who had struck the door. The cavalry outside the gate who was about to rush into the forage field had never seen such ferocious fire, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly withdrew far away. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers and workers in the hay field worked together to pile up some wood, tree trunks, carts and other obstacles in front of the door, and they were also afraid of cavalry and rushing in. The use of obstacles to delay the speed of the cavalry's impact was understood by the soldiers of the kiln. A few more musketeers and workers went up to the tower, and they also carried up a few boxes** to increase the condescending firepower. The results of these actions were immediate. The cavalry, which had withdrawn, soon attacked.

Many of the cavalrymen who shouted and rode in lit torches, and the guards knew that they were going to set fire. Before they could get closer, the musketeers opened fire one after another, and after the soldiers on the tower taught the workers how to throw mines, they also condescendingly began to shoot, and the workers on the tower began to follow what the soldiers taught, and after lighting the **, they threw the ** into the cavalry pile at the gate, and each ** could blow up several cavalrymen. The cavalrymen with torches were the first targets to shoot, and very few could rush into the gate, and even fewer could rush into the gate, and the leaders who were watching the battle behind them regretted very much that they did not prepare the rockets this time. Finally one of the horsemen rushed into the gate with a torch in his hand, and before his horse slammed into the obstacle, he threw the torch and set fire to a pile of grass. The stack of grass quickly ignited the haystack near it. When the attacking cavalry had been killed, they saw that the haystacks had been lit and felt that the task had been accomplished, so they all withdrew, trying to see how the pastures were raised from outside.

But they only lit the haystack in front of the door, and the other haystacks had a clean separation zone in between. Especially since the light snow that has fallen in the past few days has not yet cleared, not to mention the direction of the north wind that is blowing the fire to the north. The haystack on the south side was protected by everyone's concerted efforts and did not burn. I was preparing to watch the lively cavalry in the distance outside the door, and after watching for a while, I realized that there was a problem. It turned out that it burned for half a day, and only a few stacks of grass in the north were burned, and a large amount of grass in the south was not burned.

At this time, they had already heard the sound of gunfire on the side of the kiln, and they were so angry that they were ready to attack again, wanting to ignite the entire grass yard to distract the attention of the kiln gang and support Li Guo who captured Zhang Zhimu on the side of the kiln.

But at this time, Yan Boju sent fifty musketeers to support the forage field, all of them were veterans, and they did not fight hard. Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, they attacked suddenly, and then retreated to the slope of the kiln in alternate cover. The lethality of shotguns in close combat is amazing, and many people are not killed all at once, but not all at once, but they are not able to die at once, but they have lost their combat capability. These wounded soldiers have a huge impact on morale. They knew that these wounded soldiers were injured and could not take care of themselves in such an operation, and it was the same as dead, but they were not dead now. Because there is no logistics for such an operation, these wounded soldiers have no one to treat and can only wait for death. Even if their operation is successful today, they need to run desperately immediately to survive, and it is impossible to take the wounded soldiers away.

Unfortunately, the opponent who fired the gun immediately ran to the post, and the north slope was steep, and he could not go up on horseback. Shooting with a bow and arrow, because it is dark, the effect is also poor. When the gunfire in front of the kiln gang was sparse again, the sound of a rumbling brigade of cavalry was heard in the distance. Whether it was Li Guo who was preparing to attack Zhang Zhimu's small building in Yaogang, or the cavalry who was preparing to burn forage, they all knew that this operation had failed. As soon as they quickly assembled, they began to retreat. During the retreat, in order to create chaos, they set fire to several small stockpiles near Malanzi. And he opened the stall of the horses, and released a lot of horses.

With the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, Liu Yun and their brigade of cavalry came. However, the battle came and ended abruptly, and by the time Liu Yun and their cavalry arrived, Li Guo had already retreated with the rest of their cavalry.

Liu Yun usually has the habit of reading at night, and he has too many things to do during the day. To train soldiers and study tactics, Liu Yun had to personally participate. What made him very satisfied was that his officers and men were now full of confidence after several actual battles. In their eyes, it seems that there is no opponent in the world. Whether it was the Mongolian iron cavalry that once dominated the world or the Qing army, which had no merit in fighting the Ming army, they were all defeated under their own hands, so they also had reason to be proud.

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